March 1, 2016 / Fortune Asia / Volume 173 / Number 3

features

SPECIAL REPORT

20 Bitter Sweets
For a decade and a half, the big chocolate makers have promised to end child labor in their industry-and have spent tens of millions of dollars in the effort. But as of the latest estimate, 2.1 million West African children still do the dangerous and physically taxing work of harvesting cocoa. What will it take to fix the problem?
By Brian O’Keefe

34 Boom! Goes the Hoverboard Fad
Chinese factories created the hoverboard industry-then made it go up in smoke. Inside the trillion-dollar world of copycat manufacturing.
By Scott Cendrowski

40 The Fortune Entrepreneurs
Meet 15 founders who are disrupting their industries in novel ways. (One of those industries might be yours.)
By the Fortune staff

THE WORLD’S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES

47 Our All-Star List and Industry Standouts
The results are in! Thousands of insiders, directors, executives, and analysts pick the most respected names in global business.
By Christopher Tkaczyk

53 Exclusive Q&A: Apple CEO Tim Cook
On Apple’s down-cycle strategy, its evolving mind-set, and that rumored car.
By Adam Lashinsky

56 The Ultimate Driving Machine Prepares for a Driverless World
How 100-year-old BMW is racing toward automated driving, electric cars, and ride sharing.
By Brian Dumaine

departments

Macro

6 Closer Look
In one of the most tumultuous U.S. campaigns on record, does the establishment have a prayer?
By Tory Newmyer

9 Man vs. Nature
How to stop the Zika virus.
By Laura Lorenzetti

10 A View From the Alps
The CEOs at Davos foresee sweeping changes to the world of work.
By Alan Murray

Pursuits

12 Executive Travel
The best way to do business in Singapore.
By Sanjay Surana and Janet Libert

Passions & Perks

13 Luxe SUVs
Automakers have raised their game when it comes to high-end sport-utility vehicles.
By David Kiley

Tech

15 Location of Interest
The old tobacco town of Durham, N.C., is now ablaze with tech savvy.
By Richard Morgan

16 A Boom With a View
Facebook keeps raking in the dough, but its streak can’t last forever. Right?
By Erin Griffith

Invest

17 Infrastructure Stocks
Congress is steering money to highway projects again. Here’s how investors can turn a construction boom into concrete gains.
By Ryan Derousseau

64 BING!

ON THE COVER: PHOTOGRAPH BY ADAM LEVEY

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Cocoa farming in Ivory Coast
BENJAMIN LOWY

A public construction renaissance is good news for investors.

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